Furniture construction



p 1932- F. J. BLAKESLEE 1,375,693

FURNITURE CONSTRUCTION Filed Nov. 9, 1929 I N VEN TOR.

I ATTORNEYJ'.

FRED J. B'LAKESLEE; OF GRAND RAPIDS; MICHIGAN; ASSIGNOB Patented Sept. 6, 1932 f UNITED STATES ING COM'PANY, 0F GRAND 'RA 'PIDS, MICHIGAN; :A- CORPOBATIOIN NEW run-mamas. CONSTRUCTION Application filed November 9, 1929. swam. 405396.

The present invention relates to furniture construction, particularly theatre chairs and the like; and its object is, generally to provide an improved construction of that character; and more particularly, to provide a construction wherein a pair of members are united directly with each other through an intervening member; and further, to provide such a construction wherein said pair of members are of weldable metal; and further, to provide a pair of adjacent chairs having a common support between them and back or seat portions united directly with each other through openings in the support.

This and any other and more specific ob-' jects hereinafter appearing are attained by, and the invention finds preferable embodiment in, the construction hereinafter particularly described in the body of this specification and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which: V

Figure 1 is a sectional view 01 a theatre chair construction taken on a horizontal plane corresponding to line 11 of Figures 2, 3

and 4;

Figure 2 is an elevational view of a side member of a chair back;-

- Figure 3 is a view in perspective of the upper portion of a supporting member for the backs and seats of adjacent chairs;

Figure 4 is an elevational front view of an adjacent pair of such side members and a sectional view of such a supporting member taken on line 4;& of Figure 1; and

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view of said parts taken on line 11 of Figures 2,3 and 4. 7'

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated by the drawing, a theatre chair construction is shown comprising a row of chairs disposed side by side and having upwardly extending supporting members 1 with chair seats and chair backs on their opposite sides, each member 1 thus sustaining the seats and the backs of the chairs on its opposite sides and being common to both the adjacent chairs.

These supporting members 1 are usually metal castings and have in their opposite sides upwardly extending grooves 52 with rear walls 3. Openings 4: extend through these respectively;

members 1' betweenythe bottoms oft'he *oppt site grooves The back-of1eachchainfcom+ prises a body -5 of wood a or the iliike'zzmd oppo site side members :6 preferably of spvingable and weldable sheet metaL. bers have flanges 7 mounted on the bodyfizof the chair back as by? screws s- :8 extending throughtsl'ots 9 in saidfflanges Land threaded in said :body, 'theseiside members havi "also fiang'es l'O mounted in the grooves 25 hese flanges 10 have o'ff'se't portionsil l, suchpor tions' of aipair of adjacentside members 6,26 approaching each :other and extending into the openings-4 irom'the opposite endsthereoi The adjacent surf "ces softhe oifsetportions These 1811616 enema 11 are in mutual contact smdare iunite'd'i'direc'tly with'ea'ch o'ther' through:fthe openings 4c,as*byspot Welding; j i

"It will be seen ithat -iby ithis .ieonstruction wooden orcast ime'ta-Pmembers lriare areadily combined with' chair members 6 of weldable' The rear flanges 7 beingiofspringable meta l inclined rearward'ly'and inwardly and being, spaced at 12 from the I'EfllfWallS 3 ofithe grooves 52, the chair =back' isiadaptedfto yield rearward 1y under pressure by theoc'cupantfof the'chair; w M

An arm rest or chair *arrnis' indicatedat and chair back upholstery sheet is sh'own'iat l l'and its -packing at 15. 1 I l The invention being intended to be pointed out in thetclaim's is not to 'be *lirnite'dto or'by' details of construction er any particular rembodiment thereof illustrated 'by" the draw ings or hereinbeforedescnibech 1. A construction comprising: a member havingan opening therethrough; a :pairof separate members 'oniit'h'e "opposite sides .re'- spect'ively o'f' the first-mentioned member and having offset portions-respectively extending into said opening and united :directly within the "same. l

2. A constructioncomprising: a member tions extending into said openingand united directly within the same.

3. In chair construction: a pair of chairs I disposed side by side and having between them a support common to both chairs having an opening therethrough; separate backs for the chairs respectively comprising-side members adjacent the support at least one of said side members have an' offset portion extending into said opening and united'directly with the other one of said side members through said opening. 7 f

4. In chair construction: a pair of chairs disposed side by side and having between them a cast-metal support common to both chairs havingan opening therethrough, the chairs comprising mutually adjacent sheetmetal members respectively having mutually approaching offset portions extending into the opening and united directly within the same.

5.-In a chair of the character described: a pair of supports having in their inner sides upwardly extending'grooves with rear walls; a back for the: chair comprising a body and upwardly extending springable metallic side members having flanges mounted in the grooves and other flanges mounted on said body. and inclinedrearwardly-inwardly in spaced relation to said rear walls.

6. In chair construction: a plurality of chairs disposed side by side and having between adjacent chairs supports common thereto having in their opposite sides upwardly extending grooves and openings extending through the supports between the bottoms of the grooves; backs for the chairs 7 each comprising'a body and upwardly extending sheet metal side members having flanges with offset portions directly united through said openings and other flanges mounted on said bodies and inclined rearwardly-inwardly. I

7. A construction comprising: a member having an opening therethrough; a pair of separate metallic members on the opposite sides respectively of: the first-mentioned member at least one of said metallic members having an offset portion extending into said opening and welded to the other one of said metallic members through said opening.

8. A construction comprising: a member having an opening therethrough; a pair of separate members on theopposite sides respectively of the first-mentioned member, one of said pair having an offset portion extending into said opening and having at its extremity a flat face parallel with the other one of said pair, said other one ofsaidpair and said flat face being united directly with each other through said opening;

. 9. A construction comprlslngz a member:

having an opening therethrough; a pair of 7 separate members on the opposite sides respectively of the first-mentioned member,

'tion of said pair. 

